1965:
General William Westmoreland, commander of Military Assistance Command Vietnam, cables Washington, D.C., to request that two battalions of U.S. Marines be sent to protect the U.S. airbase at Da Nang.

1967:
Operation Junction City is launched to ease pressure on Saigon. It was an effort to smash the Viet Congs stronghold in Tay Ninh Province and surrounding areas along the Cambodian border northwest of Saigon.

1984:
Britain and the U.S. send warships to the Persian Gulf following an Iranian offensive against Iraq.